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'Le carnaval des animaux' (The Carnival of the Animals) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. 'Le Cygne' is the 13th movement of the suite, original...

'Die Zauberflöte' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indi...

'Die Zauberflöte' isn't a romantic love story but a real parable: a resemblance about higher human striving to purity and self-improvement. Not love between two people is in the centre but a more indi...

'Idomeneo, re di Creta' is an opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The duet 'S'io non moro a questi accenti' is sung by Ilia and Idamante at the beginning of the 3rd act. In this duet they sing abo...

'Idomeneo, re di Creta' is an opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The duet 'S'io non moro a questi accenti' is sung by Ilia and Idamante at the beginning of the 3rd act. In this duet they sing abo...

Liù sings her aria Tu che di gel sei cinta near the end of Puccini's opera Turandot. She tells Turandot that even she will learn what love is.

Liù sings her aria Tu che di gel sei cinta near the end of Puccini's opera Turandot. She tells Turandot that even she will learn what love is.

'Der Freischütz', is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. The plot is based on the German folk legend of the 'Freischütz' and ma...

'Der Freischütz', is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind. The plot is based on the German folk legend of the 'Freischütz' and ma...

In 1920, about a year before his death, Camille Saint-Saéns composed 'Odelette' for Flute and Orchestra. The title - 'Odelette' - is a term for a woman of the Turkish harem. Obviously, in this piece S...

In 1920, about a year before his death, Camille Saint-Saéns composed 'Odelette' for Flute and Orchestra. The title - 'Odelette' - is a term for a woman of the Turkish harem. Obviously, in this piece S...

The 'Romanian Christmas Carols' are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant...

The 'Romanian Christmas Carols' are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant...

A relatively small number of Antonio Vivaldi's solo concerto's are those (3) written for ‘flautino', a ‘little flute' or high-pitched recorder that is the equivalent of today's piccolo. One of these c...

A relatively small number of Antonio Vivaldi's solo concerto's are those (3) written for ‘flautino', a ‘little flute' or high-pitched recorder that is the equivalent of today's piccolo. One of these c...

Mozart wrote his Flute Quartet in G (KV 285a) for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello. In this arrangement by Dutch arranger Olivier Bruning it is transcribed for Flute, Clarinet, Basset Horn and Bass Clar...

Mozart wrote his Flute Quartet in C (KV 285a) for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello. In this arrangement by Dutch arranger Olivier Bruning it is transcribed for Flute, Clarinet, Basset Horn and Bass Clar...

Mozart composed along with the divertimenti in D (KV 136) and B-flat (KV 137) the divertimento in F (KV 138) in early 1772. He wrote these as a string quartet but his father Leopold Mozart gave them t...

'Le tombeau de Couperin' is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917, in six movements based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the m...

Le tombeau de Couperin is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917, in six movements based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the mem...

'Lyric Pieces' (Norwegian: Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 (Op. 12) to 1901 (Op. 71). The colle...

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a well-known piece written for solo piano by Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under...